|
|
|
Research Project:
FIELD TESTING USDA/ARS CITRUS ROOTSTOCK AND SCION SELECTIONS IN CALIFORNIA
Location: Horticulture and Breeding Research
2005 Annual Report
4d.Progress report.
Work on his project is related to 6618-21000-012-00D, Genetic Improvement of Citrus. Eight advanced citrus selections developed by the Horticulture and Breeding Research Unit, U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, FL were sent to the USDA-ARS Germplasm Repository, Riverside, CA. The eight selections represented high quality juice mandarin x orange hybrids, mandarin hybrids for fresh fruit, and non-bitter grapefruit-like selections. The selections will be shoot-tip cultured to remove potential pathogens and tested prior to release for field testing in California.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last Modified: 11/07/2008
|
|